Who the Hell is Todd?

‘Sup, y’all? Nope, bad start. Let’s try this again.

I’m Todd, 1/3rd of Rally Towel Sports. I’m the one who usually goes on tangents about irrelevant players or facts that don’t really apply to the conversation. That’s me. That’s who I’ve always been. Full of obscure facts. 

Doing this, the blog, the podcast, creating content..it all feels new and uncomfortable for me still. I try to treat it as just having conversations, but it’s hard. I’m always nervous before every podcast, same as when I played sports. I never went into a game not full of nerves.  Creating content like this requires purpose. A reason to get on camera, be vulnerable, make mistakes. Looking intrinsically to determine what gets you motivated to spend the extra time doing more than just clicking on the first link and fluffing facts with opinions. It took up until March 31st, 2021 to get here. To be ready to put it all on the line, so to speak.

I chose today to write my first blog because it’s one of the most important days of my life. It’s Declan’s birthday. Becoming a parent makes you do all the same things as doing this. You have to look deep into yourself to find out if you can handle the heat. Parenting was hard at the beginning for me. New life is incredibly fragile and I’m not the most graceful person. I constantly wondered, “am I enough for him?”. I asked myself that a lot. He didn’t get to choose me to be his dad. It’s my responsibility to be the absolute best for him. I don’t say that with the intent of being the perfect parent; that’ll never happen. But, it’s my job as ½ of the creator of him to always give him my best.

I love that kid. He inspires me every day to do the extra rep, work a little harder, and set the right example. Rally Towel Sports provides that opportunity for me. Bobby, Corey, and I committed to each other that we would do this to create change in the sports podcast world. Not just be another group of guys who just bullshit and give up when it gets hard. I want to leave something for Declan to see when he’s older. Watch his Dad grow not just as a content creator, but as a human being.

“I am not afraid of storms for I am learning to sail my ship”. Seems cliche, but I love this quote. It reminds me that it’s acceptable to still learn, be wrong, and fuck up. I hope you all enjoyed reading this and learning the “why” for me. I promise the next blog won’t be so soft.

-Todd